Océ North America, Trumbull, Con., a Canon Group company and an international leader in digital document management, announces that Patrick Chapuis has been appointed as president and CEO of Océ North America. Chapuis succeeds Joseph Skrzypczak, who has informed the Océ Board of his intent to retire in 2012. Chapuis will also retain his current responsibilities as president of the Wide Format Printing Systems division of Océ North America.

In his new role, Mr. Chapuis will be responsible for the Océ North America sales, marketing, service, operations, finance and support functions. Océ North America is comprised of the Document Printing Systems division, which serves the office, education and government markets; the Production Printing Systems division, which serves the transaction and graphic arts markets; and the Wide Format Printing Systems division, which serves the architectural, engineering, construction and display graphics markets.

Rokus van Iperen, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Netherlands-based parent company Océ N.V., says, “Patrick Chapuis is well qualified to lead Océ North America, the largest operating company of the worldwide Océ Group. He has decades of experience in both wide- and narrow-format printing in North America and Europe, and has consistently delivered outstanding results. I am confident that under his leadership Océ North America will continue to prosper.”